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July 7th, 2012- OUR MONTHLY 4-hour ZAZENKAI!

PLEASE EXCUSE A LITTLE FEVERISH JUNDO AND A LITTLE UNRULY CAMERA DURING PARTS OF TODAY'S SITTING.

OUR TALK SUBJECT THIS WEEK WILL BE THE "WILD FOX KOAN" OF THE BOOK OF SERENITY.

Please 'sit-a-long' with our MONTHLY4-hourZAZENKAI, netcast LIVE8am to noon Japan time Saturday morning (that is New York 7pm to 11pm, Los Angeles 4pm to 8pm (Friday night), London midnight to 4am and Paris 1am to 5am (early Saturday morning))

... to be visible at the following link during those times and any time thereafter ...

LIVE ZAZENKAI NETCAST at GOOGLE+ IS HERE:CLICK ON THE TAB ON LOWER RIGHT FOR 'FULL SCREEN

FOR THOSE NOT ALREADY MEMBERS OF THE CIRCLE WHO WISH TO JOIN TO SIT LIVE WITH A CAMERA, INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE POSTED FOR FUTURE WEEKS. WE ARE NOW LIMITED TO 10 INDIVIDUALS WITH CAMERAS, BUT ANY NUMBER CAN WATCH LIVE 'ONE WAY' AND SIT-A-LONG. IF JOINING WITH CAMERA, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR MICROPHONE IS MUTED:

Our Zazenkai consists of our chanting the 'Heart Sutra' and the 'Identity of Relative and Absolute (Sandokai)' in English (please download our Chant Book at the link below), some full floor prostrations (please follow along with me ... or a simple Gassho can be substituted if you wish), a little talk by me ... and we close with the 'Metta Chant', followed at the end with the 'Verse of Atonement' and 'The Four Vows'. Oh, and lots and lots of Zazen and walkin' Kinhin in between!

Please download and print out the Chants we will recite at the following link (PDF):

I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU POSITION YOUR ZAFU ON THE FLOOR IN A PLACE WHERE YOU ARE NOT STARING DIRECTLY AT THE COMPUTER SCREEN, BUT CAN GLANCE OVER AND SEE THE SCREEN WHEN NECESSARY. YOUR ZAFU SHOULD ALSO BE IN A POSITION WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMPUTER SCREEN WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE ZAFU FOR THE CEREMONIES, AND HAVE ROOM FOR BOWING AND KINHIN.

ALSO, REMEMBER TO SET YOUR COMPUTER (& SCREEN SAVER) SO THAT IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF DURING THE 4 HOURS.

I hope you will join us ... an open Zafu is waiting. When we drop all thought of 'here' 'there' 'now' 'then' ... we are sitting all together!

Hi all,
I would encourage people who cannot sit life, and will sit later and want to do that with others to post suggestions for some time here (if thats ok with Jundo), maybe Saturday GMT (London) from 8 AM on or from 13 AM on? These are two start times that might work for me. Anyone in for a "European time" resit?
Gassho
Myoku

Hi all,
I would encourage people who cannot sit life, and will sit later and want to do that with others to post suggestions for some time here (if thats ok with Jundo), maybe Saturday GMT (London) from 8 AM on or from 13 AM on? These are two start times that might work for me. Anyone in for a "European time" resit?
Gassho
Myoku

I sent out the invite, I'll be sitting along tomorrow morning at 7:15. Not sure how we "sit together" on G+ with the recorded version. But we'll wing it.

Thank you for inviting, Chuck. I can stream the video into the hangout. I would start exactly at the given time (but'll be online a few minutes before), as I have to leave exactly in time due to another appointment I have in the evening.
Gassho
Myoku

Thank you for inviting, Chuck. I can stream the video into the hangout. I would start exactly at the given time (but'll be online a few minutes before), as I have to leave exactly in time due to another appointment I have in the evening.
Gassho
Myoku

Hi Guys,

Can you fellows take a video of your doing and this and send it when it is over, maybe let us post it here. I would like to see how this is organized, and what it means to stream into the hangout.

Yep, just a few minutes, and if everything goes well, we have a video steam of the last hangout and also do a hangout on air, which means we record it as we sitt. Pretty experimental, but we'll see.
_()_
Myoku

Thanks Jundo your humour and perserverance is inspirational!
The G+ hangout live resit worked really well...thanks Peter.
I tried a hangout to resit this morning but it timed out sometime before Jundo's teisho so I had a break. It was therefore good to join Myoku's hangout in the recorded sit to complete the zazenkai. Gassho to all.

With a combo of google + and youtube I've made it through the intro and one zazen session. Later tonight I hope to finish up. The google + worked well. I didn't turn on my camera or sound though, because by the time I logged on the little guy was running around screaming about making doo doo.

Can you fellows take a video of your doing and this and send it when it is over, maybe let us post it here. I would like to see how this is organized, and what it means to stream into the hangout.

Here is the very start of our resit; this is a video of my computer screen. You see the hangout on the right and a video player with the zazenkai recording loaded on the left. When we came together I used "screenshare" to send the videoplayer into the g+ hangout (instead of my cam, which meant the others wont see me but the video instead).
I guess its also possible with "youtube" video sharing, but I couldnt get this to work for me actually. But now the short video, mainly starring Chuck ;-)

I've only visited a physical zendo a few times, but the only thing "missing" so far was having some tea and chatting about life with everyone once we are finished with the formal stuff. Of course that may not be a tradition at every zendo...

I've only visited a physical zendo a few times, but the only thing "missing" so far was having some tea and chatting about life with everyone once we are finished with the formal stuff. Of course that may not be a tradition at every zendo...

Ah, you obviously have not stopped by one of our weekly tea parties! Write Fugen or Dosho if interested.

Hiya folks
I would like to let it be known that, if some one is so interested,
I will print and send a bound/finished copy of the booklet, linked in the zazenkai main posting each week. The booklet can be either a large, 8.5"x11" finished booklet or mini version - 5 1/8 x 7" version (see pictures below).

Cost is Zip, Zero, 0, nil, nada, Mu.**

If you are so inclined send me a pm with your full mailing address.

Here is what they look like:

larger one

Smaller one (about half the size)

both have coated cardstock covers, either gloss or a linen body.

Gassho
Shohei

**Now there is one bit of a white lie, it costs, but I manage a commercial/University print shop and the costs are minimal (like 75 cents a book, or 3/4 of a loonie :P) so if you would please consider donating a few bucks to your favorite charity, that would be a lovely payment (on your honor and at no need to say you did)

I wasn't going to bother having you send me one because I could print it out with standard paper, but having card stock would be nice and I would definitely make a charitable contribution if you did send me one. What would be the total cost to you?